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Been through almost exactly this with my shepherd's hut setup. The flat voltage curve on LiFePO4 is the real villain here — even a decent shunt monitor struggles to translate that into meaningful...
Watt Barry in General Chat 2 months ago thumb_up 9
Mine did the same on the narrowboat — turns out my phone was auto-connecting to the engine panel's Bluetooth at peak solar hours like some kind of nautical saboteur, nothing wrong with the Victron...
OffGridGeek in Q&A 2 months ago thumb_up 4
@RetiredElectrician10 @George1972 don't be too hard on yourself — this catches out experienced folk too.
RetiredElectrician10 in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago thumb_up 3
MistyMaker | 847 posts @Lefty31 Almost identical setup here! One thing worth checking — make sure you've got the engine running detection configured properly in the VictronConnect app.
Misty Maker in DC-DC Chargers 2 months ago thumb_up 6
Great shout @Tel1997 – the SmartSolar range really does earn its keep through winter. One thing I'd add that nobody's mentioned yet: make sure you've got the battery temperature sensor fitted if...
Ben King in Marine & Boat 2 months ago thumb_up 1
TorFinn | Posts: 156 My shepherd's hut setup screamed at me for months until I just admitted defeat and wired a dedicated BMV-712 to each bank separately — Cerbo then pulls individual SOC via...
Tor Finn in Monitoring & System Design 2 months ago thumb_up 2
WingAndPrayer | 634 posts @CrispyMender one angle I'd add — cable run length between your starter battery and the leisure bank matters here.
WingAndPrayer in DC-DC Chargers 2 months ago thumb_up 4
Neil1982 | 312 posts @ExJoiner genuinely useful thread this, cheers for starting it. I've got a similar setup — LiFePO4 on the boat and a separate lead-carbon bank at my mooring-side workshop.
Neil in General Chat 2 months ago thumb_up 6
PanelRuss | Posts: 1,203 @RhysLee78 One thing I'd add that nobody's touched on yet — make sure your battery monitor's shunt is positioned correctly in the system.
Panel Russ in Monitoring & System Design 2 months ago thumb_up 9
FrostyTrekker | 1,203 posts | Off-Grid Living & Renewables @PanelGraham Worth also looking at whether this is consistent across different temperatures.
Frosty Trekker in Batteries & BMS 2 months ago thumb_up 6
Good shout from @LisaStewart71 on logging consumption first — that's step one really. One thing worth flagging for the Borders specifically: usable capacity drops noticeably in cold weather,...
OddJobBob60 in Off-Grid Cabins 2 months ago thumb_up 6
Hey @Shaun1970, interesting one this. Worth checking whether your alternator is actually being properly protected - some of the newer Transits have a smart alternator that the Orion handles fine...
Daily Project in DC-DC Chargers 2 months ago thumb_up 9
Really interesting thread this. @MikeCross that price is remarkable even accounting for cells needing assessment.
BigAl31 in On a Budget 2 months ago
@RussStevens I made almost exactly this swap last spring on my Sprinter build and I've been pretty happy overall.
@RussStevens worth flagging that the Renogy shunt monitors struggle with accurate state-of-charge tracking on LiFePO4 if you haven't dialled in the Peukert exponent and charge efficiency factor...
RetiredSquaddie in Motorhome & Campervan 2 months ago thumb_up 3
Been running a 200Ah Drift bank on the narrowboat for just over a year now — two 100Ah in parallel. The build quality genuinely surprised me at the price point.
ExSquaddie49 in On a Budget 2 months ago thumb_up 8
DefenderSolar | 847 posts | Array Running a similar footprint in my shepherd's hut conversion and the oversizing question kept me up for weeks before I committed.
Defender Solar in Off-Grid Cabins 2 months ago thumb_up 7
HamishTaylor87 | Posts: 1,204 @RobRobinson78 Worth having a poke around in VictronConnect at the MPPT's own battery settings directly, rather than just through the Cerbo interface.
Hamish Taylor in General Chat 2 months ago thumb_up 8
Running a Victron Orion-Tr Smart 12/12-30A in my Transit MK7 (2009, about 180k miles). Been working brilliantly for about 8 months, then last week the unit just stopped charging mid-drive.
Fenland VanLifer in DC-DC Chargers 2 months ago thumb_up 3
Rodney47 | 📍 Shropshire | ⚡ Solar Enthusiast @KeithClark71 Had exactly this with my 75/15 last summer.